“United started their clear-out last week when releasing Sylvain Marveaux and Gabriel Obertan while the club won’t be offering Seydou Doumbia a deal after a failed loan move from AS Roma,” states the report.

Much was expected of Doumbia when he moved to Newcastle in the January transfer window, but the former CSKA Moscow star has failed miserably.

The forward has been able to make just three appearances in the Premier League for Rafael Benitez’s side, and is struggling to get into the team at the moment.

It makes perfect sense for Newcastle not to offer Doumbia a new deal, especially as it is now looking likely that they will play in the Championship next season.

The Chronicle has also named two players whose futures at Newcastle are undecided.

Subhankar Mondal

A football journalist based in Wakefield, Subhankar Mondal has previously worked for Goal.com International and Skysports.com, and has had his sports articles published in The Guardian and The Observer. He has also been on the BBC in the past and his name once found its way to the pages of the World Soccer magazine. He was recently cited in a major Louis van Gaal biography.